YouTube Adds Full Episodes of WWE 'Friday Night Smackdown'

YouTube announced Tuesday that it has forged a new partnership with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which will bring full-length episodes of Friday Night Smackdown, WWE NXT, WWE Superstars and ECW to YouTube users in the U.S. on the WWE YouTube channel.

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YouTube is littered with homemade movies of people trying various stunts or re-enacting professional wrestling moves, but what if you want the real thing?

You're in luck. The Google-owned video site announced Tuesday that it has forged a new partnership with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which will bring full-length episodes of Friday Night Smackdown, as well as WWE NXT, WWE Superstars and ECW to YouTube users in the U.S. on the WWE YouTube channel.

"In case that's not enough pile-driving goodness for you, there will be even more clips from Monday Night Raw, footage from classic WWE matches, and videos from WWE Superstars and Divas like John Cena, Chris Jericho, and Alicia Fox," YouTube said in a blog post.

Chloe Albanesius has been with PCMag.com since April 2007, most recently as Executive Editor for News and Features. Prior to that, she worked for a year covering financial IT on Wall Street for Incisive Media. From 2002 to 2005, Chloe covered technology policy for The National Journal's Technology Daily in Washington, DC. She has held internships at NBC's Meet the Press, washingtonpost.com, the Tate Gallery press office in London, Roll Call, and Congressional Quarterly. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from American University...
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